Jessica Hudson in “Chicago’s Weird, Grandma” on November 4!
Posted by Julia on October 29, 2013
After kicking off “Chicago’s Weird, Grandma” with Manual Cinema this past Monday, we can’t until next Monday when J-Hud joins us!
Jessica Hudson is a theatre-maker and teaching artist who has lived and worked in Chicago for 15 years. Her solo work pulls from the vocabularies of dance, theatre, and physical theatre; however, she is most happy in collaboration with others, both on the stage and in the classroom. On the stage she has worked with many tremendous companies in the Chicago theatre, dance and music scenes including opera-matic, Mucca Pazza, 500 Clown, About Face Theatre, and the Chicago Kings. In the classroom, Jessica works as a teaching artist with Chicago Arts Partnerships in Education (CAPE) and Hubbard Street Dance Chicago to collaborate with teachers to integrate the performing arts into the classroom curriculum in the Chicago Public Schools. In 2010, Jessica won the 3Arts artist award as a teaching artist in theatre.
J-Hud herself answered a few questions about working with the Monkeys…
What is it like to collaborate with the BOM team?
Collaborating with the BOM team is like collaborating with a trampoline. No, like collaborating with a trampoline ROOM- where the trampolines go up the walls and on the ceiling so you can jump off the walls as well as the floor-tramp and you do these crazy, twisted flip-spins that you didn’t even know existed and you don’t get hurt because it’s a trampoline room.
How did you choose the story you’ll be performing?
My story is the best. It has a crocodile in it… named Wonderland. boom. the best.
If J-Hud had a “special sauce” what would be in it?
The J-Hud Special Sauce is called SPIT TAKE. It is made of real maple syrup, vinegar and bacon juice.
Grab your tickets to see J-Hud and an extra-large (16!) cast of Monkeys next Monday, November 4!